EVALUATION OF PASSENGER COUNTS ON NSB LOCAL TRAINS

EVALUERING AV TRAFFIKKTELLINGER FOR NSB KORTDISTANSE

In the Oslo area short period traffic counts on trains (NSB) are used to assess annual traffic volume and other changes from year to year. This report is an evaluation of the procedures used in handling and drawing conclusions from the short period counts. It includes a statistical analysis of the uncertainties inherent in the procedures with emphasis on sample size and the importance of correction expansion factors. The traffic count data from NSB contain certain inconsistencies between the number of passengers from/to railway stations, and the total number of passengers on certain route sections. Relative changes in traffic on route sections can differ from changes in total number of passengers and passenger transport work within relevant areas. It is recommended to use a larger number of counting days, and to introduce new methodological tools in order to calculate changes in the potential income for the traffic company.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • text in Norwegian; summary in English
• Corporate Authors:

  Norwegian Institute of Transport Economics

  Gransesvingen 7, P.O. Box 6110, Etterstad
  Oslo,   Norway  N-0602
• Authors:
  • Voldmo, F
• Publication Date: 2000-10

Language

• Norwegian

Media Info

• Pagination: 48 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Annual average daily traffic; Local transportation; Methodology; Passenger counting; Passenger traffic; Railroad transportation; Ridership; Routes; Samples; Statistical analysis; Traffic volume
• Geographic Terms: Oslo (Norway)
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00932235
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: TOI-1172/2000
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 11 2002 12:00AM